Episode 72: Mama/Mom - a podcast by Ray Belli

from 2019-06-30T22:05:47

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‘Mama’ is a mysterious word. In the vast majority of languages around the world, the word for ‘mama’ sounds something like ... ‘mama.’ In today's episode, we uncover the reason for this peculiar universality.

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